Child Mountain Monk. [MB]

Moonrise Waiting Party,
a child mountain monk passing-by
plum trees bow to.

Waiting on the Moon, plum trees bow to
a child mountain monk passing-by.

We wachten op de Maan,
in zijn voorbijgaan
buigen pruimebomen
voorover naar het kind,
een jonge bergmonnik.


Translation/Vertaling: 白狐

[Matsuo-Bashô-707] [1691]
tsukí máchi ya / umé katàge yukú / kó yamábushi.


山伏 yamábushi = (itinerant) mountain monk:
> yama = mountain + fuku/fusu = bow, bend down
or: fuseru = lie down; cast down (eyes)

Wikipedia:
"They follow the Shugendō doctrine, an integration of
mainly esoteric Buddhism of the Shingon sect,
with Tendai Buddhism, Taoism, and Shintô elements.